Justin McGuirk on design + Kickstarter | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/series/justin-mcguirk-design+technology/kickstarter
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Brickstarter: crowd-funding takes to the streetshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/aug/24/brickstarter-crowd-funding
Have an idea for a public space? A new website based on the Kickstarter model could make citizen-based urban planning a reality<p>If you wanted to transform that empty, weed-infested lot in your neighbourhood into a public garden, would you write to your council and cross your fingers, or take matters into your own hands and turn guerrilla gardener?</p><p>In the age of social media, there's another way. <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/" title="">Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website</a>, has proved that if people find your idea (whatever it may be) compelling enough, they'll donate the money to make it happen. Now there's a leap in scale occurring, with crowd-funding being used to create public spaces.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/aug/24/brickstarter-crowd-funding">Continue reading...</a>KickstarterInternetTechnologyCrowdsourcingArchitectureArt and designDesignCulturePlanning policyFri, 24 Aug 2012 13:51:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/aug/24/brickstarter-crowd-fundingAntonio Zazueta Olmos/Antonio Zazueta OlmosThe illusion of democracy ... could you really have had a say in whether the ArcelorMittal Orbit was built? Photograph: Antonio Zazueta OlmosAntonio Zazueta Olmos/Antonio Zazueta OlmosThe illusion of democracy ... could you really have had a say in whether the ArcelorMittal Orbit was built? Photograph: Antonio Zazueta OlmosJustin McGuirk2012-08-24T13:51:09Z